SOLUTION: Consider a cone with a diameter of 12 and a height of 8. The volume of an inscribed sphere in the cone is ___________

SOLUTION: Consider a cone with a diameter of 12 and a height of 8. The volume of an inscribed sphere in the cone is ___________ _

Question 976321: Consider a cone with a diameter of 12 and a height of 8. The volume of an inscribed sphere in the cone is _____________
Answer by anand429(138) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/display-illustration.mpl?tutor=anand429&illustration_name=2.jpg
Hints: Tangents from an external point to a circle/sphere are equal
Slant height of cone = sqrt(h^2+r^2) = 10
Rest. see. the figure in above link.
Volume = (4/3)pi(r^3)
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